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HTML

<select id="a">
    <option selected value="">None</option>
    <option value="A">A First</option>
    <option value="A">A Second</option>
</select>
<button onclick='$("#a").prop("value", "A")'>prop("value", "A")</button>
<button onclick='$("#a").val("A")'>val("A")</button>